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Your child often cry or scream during sleep, overcome in this way

If your child cries or screams during sleep, he may experience night terror. Although it made Mother and Father worry, night terror is harmless and can be overcome in the right way. Night terror is one of the sleep disorders that is generally suffered by children aged 3-12 years and is caused by the child's nervous system is not yet mature. In general, night terror resembles nightmares that arise with more dramatic effects.

Reasons for Night Terror in Children

Night terror usually occurs 2-3 hours after the child starts sleeping. When sleeping and experiencing night terror, children will usually breathe quickly, cry, scream, delirious, look angry, or scared. In addition, the Little One can unconsciously kick things around him or walk from his bed. This is what can be dangerous. Night terror can occur for approximately 10-30 minutes. After that, the child will calm down and fall asleep as usual. In contrast to ordinary nightmares, after experiencing night terror, Little will wake up in the morning without remembering the events that happened last night. Some things that can trigger night terror are feeling tired, stress, fever, and the influence of certain drugs consumed by children. Generally, night terror will disappear by itself as children get older, along with a more mature nervous system. But if night terror continues to occur or get worse, to disrupt his daily sleep, it should not be left without treatment.

How to Overcome Night Terror in Children

To deal with night terror experienced by children, parents should remain calm and do not panic. Mother and Father can help Little One overcome night terror by:

  • Avoid waking the child

    • Do not wake your child when he experienced night terror, especially suddenly, because this can actually make him even more angry. Instead, Mother and Father can try a softer way by hugging and giving a gentle touch to calm.

  • Keep watching

    • Night terror may cause a child to fall out of bed or get out of bed and take things around him. For this reason, Mother and Father should not leave Little One, until he really went back to sleep peacefully. Also make sure not to put dangerous items around your Little One's bed.

  • Drug consumption

    • In some severe conditions, night terror may need to be overcome with the help of drugs. But before giving medication to the Little One, Father and Mother must consult with a pediatrician first.
To help reduce the risk of night terror, make sure the child gets enough rest, help the child cope with the stress he experiences, and create a comfortable room atmosphere. Mother and Father can also make a child's sleep notes. This note contains the hours of sleep and waking hours of children, activities carried out by the child before going to sleep, sleep disturbance experienced, this note can help parents to find out the triggers of night terror in children. Although it looks alarming, Mother and Father do not panic to face night terror on the Little One. Do how to overcome and prevent the night terror above. If this condition is increasingly disturbing or protracted, it is advisable to consult a doctor or take advantage of child psychology consultation services in the hospital, so that appropriate treatment can be given.

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